English: Canadian moonseed; Common moonseed; Yellow parilla.
Synonym: Menispermum mexicanum.
Region: eastern North America, from southern Canada to north
Content: dauricine, an toxinc alkaloid.ern Florida.
Habitat: thickets, moist woods, and the banks of streams.
BotanyVines; woody, twining, climbing; lacks tendrils; growing to 6 m tall.
Root: rhizome.
Leaves: palmately lobed, 5–20 cm diameter with 3–7 shallow lobes, occasionally rounded and unlobed; resemble grapes.
Fruits: berries, purple-black, 1–1.5 cm in diameter; in 6 to 10 cm diameter; resemble grapes; ripe between September and October; poisonous.
Seed: resembles a crescent moon; rank taste.